Laundering device



Sept 1960 L. HOCHMAN 2,953,828

LAUNDERING DEVICE Filed July 10, 1957 IN VEN TOR.

I E FL L L/LL/ANY HOGHMAN United States Patent LAUNDERING DEVICE Lillian Hochman, 267 7 Euclid Heights Blvd., Cleveland Heights 6, Ohio Filed July 10, 1957, Ser. No. 671,050

1 Claim. (Cl. 24- -17) The invention relates in general to laundering devices and more particularly to laundering devices for keeping socks paired during a laundering cycle.

At present, a great deal of time is lost by the housewife in pairing socks which have been passed through a washing and drying cycle since they become quite thoroughly scattered in the process. This is particularly true with childrens socks where they are usually of the same color and design, the main distinguishing feature between pairs being the amount of wear to which each is subjected. Time, of course, is not the only loss since the socks themselves become misplaced and lost in many instances. The loss of socks occurs in ways too numerous to mention and which includes loss through the drain of many present day washers.

Bachelors have been plagued with the loss of socks by laundriesfor years and have also experienced the problem of pairing up separated socks.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a device which will do away with the loss of socks during a washing and/ or drying cycle.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which will keep socks paired during a washing and/or drying cycle.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device for laundering socks which is constructed of launderable material such as cloth or fabric and which will be capable of being subjected to the laundering process in much the same manner as the socks.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device for laundering socks which will not mark or scratch the equipment performing the laundering function.

Other objects and a fuller understanding of this invention may be had by referring to the fol-lowing description and claim, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure l is a side elevational view of the laundering device of the present invention;

Figure 2 is an end View of the device shown in Figure 1; and

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure l but showing socks secured to the device.

The sock laundering device of the present invention has been indicated generally in Figures 1-3 by the reference numeral 20. The device includes a launderable anchoring member 21 and a plurality of pairs of launderable tying members 22.

The launderable anchoring member 21 is preferably made of cloth or fabric material which may be laundered in much the same manner as the socks which it is designed to accommodate and which may be subjected to the same type of conditions. In the instant case, the anchoring member has been made in generally an elongated rectangular form and from -a piece of toweling of the type which is commonly utilized in drying dishes in the home. This piece of toweling has been folded once and three of the sides have been sewed together 7 2,953,828 "Patented Sept; 27, 1960 "ice .with thread as at 25 to keep the toweling in this folded condition. y

The launderable tying members 22 which extend from the anchoring member are also preferably of cloth or fabric and in the instant case have been made of bias tape. It will be noted that each of the pairs of tying members has been formed of a single strip of bias tape folded back upon itself as at 26. Each of these single strips of bias tape has been sewed to the anchoring member by the same thread which is utilized to sew one of the sides of the toweling together. This thread thus constitutes launderable means for fastening the upper end portion of the tying member to the anchoring member. This launderable means also serves the purpose of fastening the pairs of tying members in spaced relation with respect to each other as shown in Figures 1 and 3.

Each of the pairs of tying members may be referred to as comprising means for securing pairs of socks or individual socks to the anchoring member 21. As is shown in Figure 3, a pair of socks 28 has been shown tied between the extreme leftpair of tying members and a single sock 29 has been shown tied to the extreme right of the device. It will be apparent that a few or many socks, within limits, may be secured to the device. In most cases, it will be obvious that all of the pairs of tying members will be utilized but for the sake of clarity in the drawing, only the extreme left and right pairs of tying members have been shown holding socks.

Attached to the upper left hand corner of the anchoring member is a hanging member or loop 30 which may be conveniently used to hang the device by when it is not in the laundering cycle.

The use of the device is as follows. At sometime prior to the soiled socks being put in the washing machine, they are preferably tied in pairs between two of the cloth tying members which are in turn secured to the anchoring member. After the device has been filled with soiled socks, or sooner, they are placed in the washing machine and thoroughly washed. Since the device is preferably constructed completely of launderable cloth material there is nothing on it which could damage a washer, wringer, or automatic dryer. Further, since the socks are tied together by means of the launderable cloth tying members, the device can securely hold socks of any size and thickness. After they have been completely washed, the housewife, if she has an automatic dryer, places the socks in the same and after the drying cycle is concluded, instead of having the time consuming task of searching to find socks that match, since they are rather well scattered from one another in the agitation of the washing cycle and the tumbling of the drying cycle, the socks are already paired for her. All she has to do is untie the tying members, fold the socks and put them away in the proper dresser drawer. If all of the socks washed in the device belong to one person, she does not even have to remove the socks, but can put the entire device as is, in the dresser drawer. In the case of a housewife who has no dryer, the time saving is even greater. Instead of having to hang individual socks on the clothesline all she has to do is pass a clothespin through the anchoring member of the device, attach the pin to a line and she immediately has a plurality of socks already hung.

The use of the device is, of course, not limited to households since one of the biggest problems attached to bachelor laundry is the loss of socks. With this device, bachelors not only have the socks paired when returned from the laundry, but none of the socks are lost. The use of the device,- therefore, does away with the time consuming task of pairing socks after a laundering cycle and also does away with a great deal of loss. The device, since it is constructed of launderable cloth or fabric material is capable of being subjected to the same laundering conditions as the socks themselves and, therefore, has a long service life. Also because of the construction of the device, it will not mark or scratch any of the equipment which is utilized in performing the laundering functionv Although this invention has been described in its including a cloth anchoring member, pairs of cloth tying members extending from said launderable anchoring member, each pair of launderable tying members consisting of a strip of cloth material folded intermediate its end portions, thread means fastening said folded portion of each pair of cloth tying members to said cloth anchoring member, said thread means fastening said pairs of cloth tying members in spaced relation to each other, each of said pairs of cloth tying members comprising means for securing pairs of socks to said cloth anchoring member.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS D. 131,186 Kamholz Jan. 20, 1942 403,332 Denise May 14, 1889 FOREIGN PATENTS 22,318 Great Britain Nov. 10, 1914 

